Veiling display-stand.



Patented Aug. l3, I90l.

E. S. AIKEN. I

UNITED STATES- PATENT FFrcE.

EMILIE SJ AIKEN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

VEILING DISPLAY-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,450, dated August 13, 1901.

Application filed March 14, 1901. Serial No. 51,105. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMILIE S. AIKEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful'Improvements in Veiling Display- Stands, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a stand which maybe placed upon the counter in a store for the purpose of displaying rolls of veiling.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved veiling display-stand. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a modified form of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of another modified form of the same.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 is the base of the stand, 6- 6 the end sections thereof, and 7 7 the stayrods joining the two end sections together. Each of the end sections 6 6, Fig. l, is formed of a single piece of wire. The free ends of the wire forming each of said end sections are twisted together in the center of the base 5 at 16. The wire extends from said twisted portion to stay-rod 7, where it takes one coil, forming an eye 8, thence proceeding in a curve 9 and bending backwardly along the line 10 to the point 11, thence returning downwardly and toward the center of the end section to the point 12, where it is bent in a half-circle, and returns along the line 13 to the outer end 14. of the arm 15 back to the center of said end section, and so on, forminga series of arms 15 15, each arm consisting of two thicknesses of wire forming a single loop, until the arm 15 at the top and lefthand side of the end section 6 is reached. The wire then takes one turn to form an eye at the top and middle of said section to receive another stay-rod 7, and is then bent, as shown, to form the arms 15 15 upon the right of said end section, the wire proceeding from the lowermost arm in a curve 9, then forming an eye. 8 for the reception of another stay-rod 7, and back to the point of beginning, where it is twisted with the other free end of the wire at 16.

It will be seen that the arms 15 are formed with suflicient space between them to receive a roll of veiling between each of'the two adjacent arms upon said section. I prefer to form the wire, as shown in Fig. 1, with the arms 15 extending upwardlyat an angle from the central portion of the end sections, so that when the bales or bundles of veiling are placed between any two adjacent arms there is no danger of their falling out and becoming damaged.

It will be seen that when the bundle of veiling is placed upon the arms or shelves of the veiling-stand shown in Fig. 1 the loose end of said veiling may, if desired, be drawn out and allowed to'fall downwardly at the outer ends of the arms or shelves 15 for the purpose of displaying the same. It will be seen that the half-circles formed by the wire at the inner end of the arms or shelves 15 constitute together a standard 19.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a modified form of veiling-stand in all respects the same as that shown in Fig. 1 with the exception that the end sections 17 are formed with a single series of shelves instead of a double series, as in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 3 I have shown still another modification, in which the arms forming the end sections 18 are vertical; but in all of the forms shown said end sections are each formed of a single piece of wire joined together by stayrods.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an article of manufacture, a displaystand comprising two end sections fastened together, each of said end sections formed of a single piece of wire bent to form a base, a standard, and a series of loops, said loops projecting from said standard, the base, standard, and loops of each of said end sec tions lying in one plane, one loop of one section forming with the corresponding loop of the other section a shelf, substantially as described for the purpose specified.

2. As an article of manufacture, a displaystand comprising two end sections fastened together by stay-rods,each of said end sections formed of a single piece of Wire bent to form a base, a standard,-a series of loops, and eyes to receive the ends of said stay-rods, said loops projecting upwardly f rom said standard upon opposite sides thereof, the base, standard, loops, and eyesof each of said end sections lying in one plane, substantially as described for the purpose specified.

3. As anarticle of manufacture, a display stand comprising two end sections fastened together by stay-rods, each of said end sections formed of a single ,piece of wire bent to form a base, a standard, a series of loops, f and eyes to receive the ends of said stay-rods,

said loops projecting upwardly 'from said standard upon opposite sides thereof, the

my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- EMILIE S. AIKEN. \Vitnesses:

CHARLES S. GOODING, GEORGE A. TARBELL. 

